Peaceful protests? WATCH as Arab terrorist group calls for jihad in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran – As the separatist Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) has called for a violence as Iran experiences widespread protests, they are joined by the jihadist Balochi Ansar al-Furqan and an unnamed Arab group.

In a video released on social media, an Arab jihadist group, based in the southern Khuzestan region on the border with Iraq, has called for an “armed resistance” against the Iranian government.

#BREAKING – #Kurdish and #Arab militant groups have pledged their support for ‘armed resistance’ against #Iranian government. Kurdish PJAK and KDPI, Arab Ansar al-Furqan. Gulf-backed Ahwazi group has released video threatening attacks after pipeline was blown up in Khuzestan. pic.twitter.com/HyaySOPkqH

Paul Antonopoulos is a Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies. He has an MA in International Relations and is interested in Great Power Rivalry as well as the International Relations and Political Economy of the Middle East and Latin America.